fishmike wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:fishmike wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:Okafor will be just fine. He'll have a better career than Boozer or Laettner or Brand. I do think I want Towns more now though, which I wasn't expecting to say
they are both very good prospects and bring different things to the table.At this point you have some guys that dont want to discuss anything. They just want to make sure their golden mooby is shined and sparkling. I dont really get the point. We should have 5 guys targeted because we dont know where we are picking. I think some of the guards have higher upside.
I agree with that. I think both are slightly limited. Towns excels on the defensive end (but not at rebounding) and Okafor has a ton of offensive skill AND polish
I really, really like Russell. I really, really like Justice Winslow (I see a Paul George type.. more of a SG than SF though).
I won't pretend to know anything about the kid from the Congo but he is certainly intriguing.
Towns does? Know I know this is a bit tongue and cheek, but before the ND game Towns had 8 PFs and 9 points in the prior two tourney games combined. His PFs per 36 minutes are well over 5 per game.I find it funny that OK4 is the best player on a title team and has all these concerns. Meanwhile Towns is the 4th scorer and 2nd rebounder on a team with half the players declaring for the draft but will be fine because he "excels at everything" or is this great great defensive player... who cant stay out of foul trouble, when he's the physically dominating his peers.
It just tells me people have made their choice, and are now simply posting to back up their choice, not to talk about the players anymore. Hasheem Thabeet was a great defender also... and much bigger and longer than Towns.
Eventhough I think Towns is far ahead of Thabeet when they were the same age.....and even now. It's also a good example of players not reaching their potential.
If Towns doesn't reach his offensive potential, then you have a solid 7foot defender with lateral quickness off the bench.
If OK4 doesn't reach his defensive potential, what do you have? Mike Sweetney? A big body who can score under the basket, but is a liability on defense?
Potential goes up or down...Both players have risks. It depends on how much risk can we afford on offense and defense. If Phil prefers defense, then he will take the offensive risk of Towns. If it was Mike Danphoni, then he would exempt the defensive risk of OK4.
I think OK4 has flashes of defense, better than he's shown in the past....Or maybe I finally watched an entire game. His defense suffers when he's in foul trouble. He's non existent. But you have to learn how to play defense, even in foul trouble. Also, Duke has a better defensive system and better wing defenders to hide OK4. Kentucky doesn't have any bigs with a low post game to hide Towns...Towns is their best offensive post player, eventhough he's a project.
What am I saying?
I don't know....just rambling because I'm ready to go home!
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4/7/2015 11:46 AM